Frameset

Predicate crunch:

Frames file for 'crunch' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset crunch.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "reduce to small pieces":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of damage

Arg1:thing crunched

Arg2:endstate

Examples:

present

active

full

without endstate (-)
`At this point , the options were : [] Crunch money [-1] to stop the boost in the aggregates , as Sir Alan surely advised [?] , and [*] forget the soaring pound .`
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	Crunch
Arg1:	money

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with endstate (-)

At 10:33 , when the S&P 500 December futures contract crunched to a 12-point loss under the force of sell programs [*T*-4] , S&P futures trading was halted [*-1] and program trades on the Big Board were routed [*-2] into a special computer that [*T*-3] scans for order imbalances .

Arg1: the S&P 500 December futures contract

REL: crunched

Arg2-to: a 12-point loss

ArgM-ADV: under the force of sell programs

ArgM-TMP: [*T*-4] -> when -> 10:33

with endstate (-)
`At 10:33 , when the S&P 500 December futures contract crunched to a 12-point loss under the force of sell programs [T-4] , S&P futures trading was halted [-1] and program trades on the Big Board were routed [-2] into a special computer that [T-3] scans for order imbalances .`
Arg1:	the S&P 500 December futures contract
REL:	crunched
Arg2-to:	a 12-point loss
ArgM-ADV:	under the force of sell programs
ArgM-TMP:	[T-4] -> when -> 10:33

frames created by Olga